Pan Gu is the creator born from a cosmic egg that Pan Gu slept in for 18,000 years. By separating the heavy and light parts of the egg Pan Gu created Heaven and earth, separating the two while he grew for another 18,000 years. After separating Heaven and earth, Pan Gu died, his breath becoming the wind and clouds, his head, arms, feet and stomach becoming mountains, his voice thunder and his eyes the sun and moon.
Another story tells how Pan Gu was born of the five elements, and created heaven and earth with a chisel and hammer.
It is even said that the first humans developed from fleas and parasites that lived on Pan Gu, another story state that Pan Gu created humans by creating them from clay and leaving them in the sun to dry. Credit also goes to the goddess Nu Wa for the creation of mankind.
Pan Gu is worshipped at a number of shrines in China and depicted as a caveman like figure wearing leopard skin tunics and with long hair.
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